Smart institutions, foolish choices: The limited partner performance puzzle

Journal of Finance

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 731-764

  Lerner, Josh ^a   Schoar, Antoinette ^b   Wongsunwai, Wan ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 33947244923     PISSN: 00221082     EISSN: 15406261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6261.2007.01222.x     Document Type: Article

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